https://ychef.files.bbci.co.uk/1600×900/p0bvzryz.webp By Maddy Savage 22nd March 2022 When mums leave their kids with family or partners, they are often viewed as deeply flawed, despite gains in gender equity. Will this ever change? Quitting a job because she doesn’t like it, leaving a city that no longer suits her needs or ending a relationship with someone she’s no longer in love…
After 4 long, painful years of taking my ex back to court to fight for custody, I am finally just starting to make peace with it all. In the past, I had made some bad decisions and built up so much resentment towards my husband at the time…I was just done. He was never on my side when it came…
n 1999 I was 29 and living in Amsterdam. I met my now ex-husband while traveling in the United States in 1996. Three years later, we married and I moved to be with him in the U.S. I had a difficult childhood which left me with a lot of unhealed emotional issues that I brought into the marriage. It meant…
The mother-of-two is asking people not to judge her for leaving her children and urges them to look at the bigger picture. Kristal Kinsela cries every single time she hangs up the phone after talking to her two children. She also cries every time she drops them back at their father’s place. “It’s still very raw – I feel guilty…
For many parents, it’s unfathomable to even consider leaving their children behind. After all, the majority of moms and dads would never think of abandoning their children or leaving their futures up to chance. But some parents opt to leave their kids behind rather than try and make a life together. Parents who leave their kids behind are often vilified…
‘It smashes your heart into a million pieces’: Why mothers choose to leave their children WHEN Melissa’s sons were just six and seven, she made the ‘traumatising’ decision to leave them and move away. Vanessa Brown @vanessajbrown 5 min read June 7, 2016 – 3:34PM IT GOES against all maternal instinct; when a mother decides to walk away from her…
A mother who leaves her children is often considered to be going against the very essence of maternal nature. Even if she sees her children every second weekend, she can be made to feel unworthy of her mother status. “Mothers who leave can suffer terrible isolation, criticism and shame,” says psychologist Kirsty Levin. “They are left with nowhere to turn…
Remarkable highs, difficult lows and a new support group. Almost a year ago, some women came together to share their experiences on a taboo topic: deciding to leave their children. It was an eye-opening discussion and the show later won a United Nations Australia Media Peace Award, for the Promotion of Women’s Rights and Issues. As we look back at…
When Melissa Collins decided to leave her marriage, it did not occur to her that her sons would not go with her… They didn’t, and for the past 11 years, she has been mothering from a distance. “When I told my husband I was leaving, after our on-again-off-again marriage of 12 years, he asked me not to take our two…